Resign first or wait until I find out if I'm fired?

I've been told I have a meeting with my supervisor and HR tomorrow, so I'm anticipating the worst, but not 100% positive I'll get fired. My supervisor could not really give me a lot of information, so, do I hand in a letter before they have a chance to fire me? I am supposed to work a 30 day notice, so I've written a letter reflecting that, with the usual thanks for the "opportunity." The one reason I am so hesitant, is I want to hear them out. I know of no reason I should be fired, there have been no incidents at work that I am aware of. Advice please!

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klone
has 14 years experience as a MSN, RN and specializes in Women's Health/OB Leadership.

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I think it's interesting that you automatically assume you are going to be fired, yet you can't think of any reason why you would be fired? That makes no sense. Are you wanting to resign simply to preempt the firing, or are you wanting to resign because you are unhappy in your job?

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calliope26
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Klone, I have be counseled on one issue, but that was 7 months ago, and I have had great feedback since then. I am being deliberately vague, I realize, but this is a public forum. Certain things about my job make me unhappy, but I am mostly very satisfied. I've put a lot of effort into improving, and thought I was successful at that.

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If you don't know what you've done, its possible they have someone else on the block and they want to question you about an incident.

Hope for this. Too bad someone, like your manager, won't give you a heads up. If they were looking out for you or had your best interests in mind, they could give you the opportunity to walk in there to hand in the resignation instead of getting a termination. But you can guess the individual is mindful of liability issues in case you would not take a termination lying down. Good luck.

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